How Supreme Court justices voted on cameras in Prop 8 courtroom

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued a final ruling to keep cameras out of the courtroom for live video or Youtube replay in the Prop 8 trial.

Thanks to Mark Giesh for compiling this information. Here’s how the voting broke down:

Justice

Age

Appointed by

Political leaning

Consent (against cameras)

Roberts

54

Bush 2

conservative

Scalia

73

Reagan

conservative

Kennedy

73

Reagan

swing, moderate

Thomas

61

Bush 1

conservative

Alito

59

Bush 2

conservative

Dissent (for cameras)

Breyer

71

Clinton

liberal

Stevens

89

Ford

conservative turned liberal

Ginsburg

76

Clinton

liberal

Sotomayor

55

Obama

liberal

Mark points out that it was 5-4 along party lines, with Kennedy the swing voter siding with the conservatives. But Kennedy routinely has been against cameras in courtrooms, so in a Supreme Court hearing on the Prop 8 case, he might rule on the side of equality.google pandaвиды интернет маркетинга